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JA UARY 21 .- 27, 1 1 THE CITIZE
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Contin eel from 1
The Jan. 14' e of The
Citizen expo the gasahol
fe ibility tudy but did not
t th t ve copy
of the proposal.
The City anager's of­
o flee released a copy of th
udy to The Citizen on
January 15. The grant
propo Abon-
m che bmitter and
ben f ctor of the $83,675.
Re mes of Abonmarch
personnel ere included
in the pplication to
trie ' the A\x>nm
study say , hich ha e ex-
pr a 'OUS intere t in
purchasing th tearn. Th
indu trie include: Whirl­
pool Corporation, Auto
Specialti, e
and odem PIa' "
". . . The industrial
o
ce de', layout and
con ruction drawin
"Determine total
pi and operating co s.
"Identify per nnel
requirements,
- "Prepare environmen­
tal imp ct analysi .
"Secure financing
from private sector.
- "Evaluate capabilities
of waste hau ers and grain
ippers,
''Prepare nece
mar et analy , .
-' Coordinate develop­
ment of this project with
on going ec omic develop­
ment program in the city
of Benton Harbor."
All the items on this-list
were co red in prelimi-
nary manner in the 45 pa
grant appli tion. There
are tw 0 operations in
Abonrnarche's proposal -
re urce recovery plant and
an ethanol/ga 01 product­
'on plant.
The Abonm rche grant
application states that th
re ource recovery plant -
a plant that ould bum
solid waste to generate
earn - ould 11 that
steam to surrounding mdq
tries. "A portion of the
stearn would be piped �o
serve surrounding indu
f e expr d
an in p � __ ��,
earn . lpool Corpora-
ti , Auto Special'
odem P and e
Products! are illing to
discu long term contr
and po ihly . ting in
demo rate the fum' expre d concern over the
ability to conduct th fe - Commi . ner's being
bility study. unaware of the study and
At onday night' City directed cCauley to pr
Commissio meeting om- pare an "in-depth study'
nu oner Charle Yar- of the allegations of the
brough referrins to the Jan. Jan. 14 Citizen article which
14 article in The Citizen listed a variety of question-
ed cCauley,« ho did able bills submitted by
he (Abonmarche employee Abonmarche to the city.
Ron Schult) do th study . In the grant application,
for? ' Abonmarche listed what it
, e did th rvey for ould do with the
us,' cCaul y re nded. 83,675:
ayor Patterson .also - "Formulate final pro-
Contin eel from p
The 1/3 of th co s
the tim spent on the study
up to thi point. Abon­
marche Con ltants, Inc.
funded th remainder of th
application proce cost.
"5. Th application
submitted to the Depart­
ment of Energy.
"6. Abonmarche Consul­
tant , Inc. received ord on
December 12, 1980 that the
application not accept­
ed.
"7. Through our con­
tracts ith Congre an
Stockman and his taff,
this application is still being
considered. Additionally,
considerable attention' be­
ing given to Bento Harbor
for potential energy pro­
ject due to the intere t
o n by both the City
and private enterprise on
this pplica tion."
of pre time
ana r Paul cCau
office had not located
Janu ry 18 memo.
50,00
Conti eel rom 1
cretary of St
it out in
, t tim
granted the I n to Quali­
ty Stampin Chry ler
e plained in an intervi
it should hav filed a
fin cing tern nt with
the Secretary of S te'
office in Lansi . Tha t
d hem d them a
cured creditor in the eye
the court. T y would
en be entitled to their
coll teral, or the arn unt
of th an. U DC failed
to me the paper .
In . related m tter,
UCDC Pr 'dent Forre t
P r on . d that th
50000 loaned to P
arty Sto s not been
collected. Par P rty ore
burned last fall and 0 ner
Gideon has been
char ed ith in th t
. H oe to trial J anu­
ry 21.
'The H rtford Com­
pany i denying the claim
for Park Party Store," Pear-
on told The itizen. He
e plained that owner
Gideon h d never listed
U DC in the policy .. as
holding mortgage.
Gideon purch d the in r­
ance from th Flaugh en­
cy. Dan FI gh is a UCOC
board member and voted
for th loan to Gideon.
, e will ait the
au tcome of the criminal
proceeding before filing
for foredo re,' Pe r
id.
c inney announced his
resignation from the local
development company on
January 14. e t on the
loan committee when the
Par Party Store and Quali­
ty Stamping loans ere
m de.
In 1979, group of
40 minority businesspeopl
ttempted to participate in
the then mostly trite,
mostly non-re . dent organi­
zation. Their efforts to
participate ere blocked by
legal technicalities from
St. J 0 ph ttomey hired by
Pe n.
A t their annual
meeting in February, 1980,
there w not quorum,
but the group elected offi­
cers anyway.
Pear n id member-
ship is do n about 50
percent from a year ago.
LARGE SELECTIO OF
LADIES OE!!
WT OFLA G
lZES !
e h U
REFRIGERA TO
STOVES
SbI'li)IIM�nt of
f I
. :
j •
UCDC record re listed
on the subpoen rved the
city of Bent n Harbor by
th federal grand jury in es­
tigating the city' use of
HUD fund UCDC is a
non-profit group t up to
m e loans in th city of
Benton Harbor to increa
the tax base and employ­
ment opportunitie .
UCDC Loan Commit-
tee Chairpers til Vic
I'
.
, '
. ,
credit, that hundred billion
dollar could po ibly be
doubled before leaving the
black community.
But thi ould call for a
"caucu -con ciou ne ";
that i ,the n e of bein
primarily or e c1u ively blac
for limited and agreed upon
practical and trategic pur­
po
hi Democracy in Am rica
that 0 much of the geniu -of
arty Arneri an life to be
found in the give-and-ta e of
group po er and interc . ng .
ithout coalescing as a
kind 0/ black' caucus, lac
people cannot hope to move
ond their presently pre-
cariou tatu of urvi at and
into th ecurity and pro r
hich com alon through
being dealt ith, to u de
Tocqueville's phr , 'a a
po er seen from afar."
Becau black American
have a hundred billion dollar
annual spendin po er: th
have a trernendou le erage
for social, political and eco­
nomic chan e. From an eco­
nomic point of vie ,if blac
did busin ith on another
and u ed bl k ban nd
credit union for and
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need to
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1 ICS's new Action
The Acuon 0 account gives you the convenience and service 0 a ch
mg account. yet pa s you 5' 4 • merest. added to your ccount mon Iy
There IS no service charge If rmrurnum balance of $1,000 IS rnamtarn d. If
balance falls belo $1 000 t ere lS S rvice charg of $5 offset by anterest
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Account
earned.
ICB' Regular Personal Chec ing Account
We offer you personal chec 109, free of service charg, en you ep a
balance of $300 an your ch c 109 account. or rnamtain a $1.000 balance 10
your Passboo or Golden Key savmqs account.
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meric n
need to ct. in ommon or
ethnic group c u , for th
. duration of the need, bl
mu t become n as di inct-
I nd prim ril blac .
ICS' Special Checking Account
It's deSIgned for customers ho don t write many ch c s There IS no mini­
mum balance, only a charge of 25 for e ch chec ou CIte.
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ICS' Student Checking Account
There ts no servic charg for students ose parents hav an ccount
ICB. AI 0 no minimum balance IS required.
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ICS' Senior Citizen Account
For customers 62 years or old r there IS absolute! no s rvic c arge or mini­
mum baJance required for regular c ec Ing.
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S t nt i ed
month on au
persona' chec 1"9
ccoun